Cresco High School - Spartan Yearbook (Cresco, IA)

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Top Row: Harold Nichols. Edith Davis, Richard Barnes, Vern Herold, William Kapler. Second Row: Ruth Blackburn, Peggy Perry, Mary Kakac, Matthew Zbornik, Elenor Sobolik, Janet Drollinger, Ruth Champlin. First Row: Donald Maland, Dorothy Polashek, Freda Cohen, Miss Ellis, Dorothy Smylie, Wilma Mitchell, Fred Wodrich. Publication Both publications were handled as usual this year by the journalism class. Freda Cohen edited the Cresconian, which appeared monthly. Outstanding work was done on this by Ruth Champlin and her advertising staff, who carried out several success- ful new revenue-producing ideas. Spartan was edited by Dorothy Smylie and Freda Cohen had charge of the bus- iness department. Dorothy Polashek and Fred Wodrich placed this year in Quill and Scroll national group writing contests. Twenty-three

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.CA Qsbgbxof O E'1O1OJOLO.JsQ- Top Row: Kenneth Natvig, Virgil Novak, Lyle Murray, Harold Biel, Harold Hender- son, Frank Kostohryz, Joseph Drtina, Glen Reinhart. Third Row: Donald Nichols, Harold Hanneman, Hubert Easler, William Burns, Nevin Johnson, John Kostohryz, Lloyd Bauer, Roland Lickteig. Second Row: Virgil Mackenburg, Carl Stopperan, Arthur Aegler, Elmer Derr, Harold Nichols, Gareth Vagts, Elmer Eddy, Kenneth Craft. First Row: Melvin Aberg, Newton Nagel, Gerald Walker, Clarence Heide, Mr. Schroder, Edward Lybbert, Paul Morgan, Gerald Reutlinger, Harold Schrieber. Ag Club This year the agriculture students affiliated with the Future Farmers of Amer- ica, a national organization of farm boys taking vocational agriculture. There are 4.000 F. F. A. members in Iowa alone. The Cresco chapter took the name Robbins, since Superintendent Robbins was the organizer of the part-time school, and has always been a booster of ag work. The chapter, with twenty members, was installed by the Hall chapter of Charles City. A dairy cattle-judging team, Edward Lybbert, William Burns, and Gareth Vagts, placed second in the state contest at Waterloo. At the state contest at Ames, the farm management team placed in the first group, the livestock-judging team, in the fourth. Among their most important projects, the Future Farmers are sponsoring corn and soy bean test plots, a corn and grain show at the Howard County fair, and cow- testing association work. Twenty-two

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.Ox Qsasexod 0 50101040.10- Standingf: Coach Thompson, Byrnes, G. Hercli, Maland, J. Layton, Hayes, DeNoyel.ef:, Phillips, Shackleton, V. Hercld, Harnosg, Connolly, Tuerk, Thomas, Van House, Loughrey, Burns, Miller, Powers, Coach Ryan. Kneeling: Burr, Zbornik, Jones, Kapler, Nelson, Merrill, Peckham, Kvam, Wren. Football Mr. Thompson found it necessary to build a team around two regulars from the undefeated team of 1932, Zbornik and Harness. The opening game with Monona found the boys playing fair football and they eked out a 13 to 0 victory. The next week was the low point of the season. With Mike Zbornik on the sideline nursing a wrenched ankle, the boys were no match for Oel- wein, and went down to a 53 to 0 defeat, the worst in Cresco's recent history. The real spirit of the team showed itself the following week when the strong New Hamp- ton outfit was outplayed in a 6 to 6 deadlock. This game, which was the first a local team ever played at night marked the turning point of the season. After a scoreless tie with Sumner the following week, the Spartan offense began to function smoothly, West Union, Waukon, and Osage were defeated in succession by scores of 31 to 3, 14 to 0, and 33 to 0. The final game with Decorah, who had an impressive record, and on paper they were much stronger. when the game was over, Decorah had won 7 to 0. Harnoss, captain and tackle: Zbornik, fullback: Merrill, guardg Thomas, quarter, Burns, end, Kapler, back Phillips, guard, Van House, backg and Loughrey, end, were lost by graduation. Twenty-four